Tag: Layoffs
Laying off Lean People
Mass General cuts 200 jobs - Daily Business Update - The Boston GlobeTimes are tough, financially, for many organizations -- hospitals included. About two...
Toyota’s Commitment to People
Toyota's plunge into big pickups veers into a Texas-size ravine - USATODAY.com
I've already written about this before, but there was a new article in...
Toyota, Layoffs, Stabbings, and Respect for People
The Associated Press: Toyota lays off 800 line workers at Japan plant
I'm starting to cut Toyota less slack for their claims of not having...
Using Lean to Expand Capacity… Who Loses?
CJOnline / The Topeka Capital-Journal - Topeka Hallmark to absorb workIs there a Hallmark card that says, "Sorry you lost your job?" They do,...
No Loyalty or Responsibility from Dell – Don’t Call Them "Lean"
Dell to close Austin plant, cutting more than 800 jobs | Statesman Business Blog
I'm angry. I try not to blog when I'm angry, so...
Skill Development Critical to Success
Why do many of our best companies move to China or other countries? Some do it for the lower labor rates, but just as...
L.A.M.E. Strikes in Virginia
General Dynamics workers laid off - SWVAToday.comIt's been a while since a Lean As Mistakenly Executed (L.A.M.E.) sighting. Or, in other words, stuff...
Don’t Look for "Lean" in the PC Industry
How H-P Reclaimed Its PC Lead Over Dell - WSJ.comToday's WSJ article doesn't focus on the Dell layoffs (although it does mention them, as...
Toyota Announces Plan to Release Temporary Workers
Got Boondoggle?: Toyota Releases Temp Workers
I got asked today why I hadn't yet commented on Toyota planning to fire some temporary workers in Indiana....
What IBM is Doing isn’t Lean At All
I, Cringely . The Pulpit . Lean and Mean | PBS
Alas, we can't sue IBM Global Services (not IBM manufacturing) for misappropriation of the...
Lean Could Have Helped Hershey
New Haven Register - Bitter EndingThanks to Lean Blog reader Tom for sending this my way, sad story that it is.Hershey's candy is moving...
Greatest Asset, My…
Circuit City's harsh layoffs give glimpse of a new world
First off, Circuit City is not a "Lean" company. So when people ask "is Lean...
